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Local Bites Podcast

Produced by Local Futures, the Local Bites Podcast features inspiring interviews with leaders of localization efforts from around the world. Listen to individual episodes below.  You can also subscribe to the podcast through Podbean or iTunes.  Or, to receive notice of new podcasts, sign up to receive Local Futures’ email updates.

Creating the Framework for a New Economy - March 19, 2018

Jay Tompt
In this episode, Jay Tompt tells the story of the REconomy Project, the “new economy wing of the Transition movement” which is bridging political divides and creating the conditions needed for holistic local economies to emerge…

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From GDP to GNH - February 17, 2018

Richard Heinberg
In this episode, Richard Heinberg discusses the history behind how GDP growth came to be used as a measure of success, why GDP can’t continue growing indefinitely, and why it’s time to transition to a better metric – one that better reflects human and ecological well-being…

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Rebuilding Healthy Communities: The Growing Ecovillage Movement - July 11, 2017

In this episode, Local Futures’ Anja Lyngbaek interviews Kosha Joubert, the Chief Executive Officer of the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN), about the rapidly growing ecovillage movement, which sees the ecovillage concept being adopted and adapted by a multitude of people and diverse cultures across the globe…

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Seeds of Resilience, Seeds of Sovereignty - September 9, 2014

Humanity has lost nearly three-quarters of its agricultural biodiversity in the last century. Now, in the face of an increasingly volatile climate, conserving the remaining seed diversity is a matter of survival. In this episode, Local Bites interviews ecologist and renowned seed conservationist, Dr. Debal Deb on the value of traditional seeds in an unstable world…

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Why Local Ownership Matters - April 28, 2014

In this episode, Local Bites interviews Stacy Mitchell of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance to talk about the multiple social, economic and environmental benefits of local business ownership and community-scaled financial institutions…

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Local Alternatives to Globalized Development: A View from India - February 19, 2014

In this extended episode, Local Bites interviews scholar/activist, Ashish Kothari about his book, Churning the Earth: The Making of Global India, co-authored by Aseem Shrivastava…

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How to Feed the World? A Political Agroecological Approach - December 19, 2013

In this episode Local Bites host Brian Emerson interviews Dr. M. Jahi Chappell of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy on the question, “What kind of food and farming system do we need to feed a growing world population in an ecologically sustainable and socially just manner?”

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Helena Norberg-Hodge on how corporate ‘free trade’ deals threaten local communities and economies worldwide - November 13, 2013

Helena Norberg Hodge

In this episode host Brian Emerson interviews Helena Norberg-Hodge on how “free” trade treaties undermine local communities, economies and democracies around the world, and why localists need to join the global resistance against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA, also known as TTIP). Norberg-Hodge ends her interview by suggesting an alternative international framework for supporting more democratic, localized solutions to global problems.

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        • The Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras – Honduras
        • Food Forward – USA
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        • Incredible Edible Todmorden – UK
        • Guatemala, Ixpiyakok Women’s Association
        • LA Compost – USA
        • Little Donkey Farm – China
        • Native Seeds – USA
        • The Real Food Store – UK
        • Canada, Skipper Otto’s Community Supported Fishery
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        • Adivasi Academy – India
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        • Claiming Community Spaces in Athens – Greece
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        • Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning – Canada
        • Homeless Garden Project – USA
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        • Low Carbon Hub – UK
        • New Energy Economy – USA
        • Our Hamburg, Our Grid – Germany
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        • Sisi Initiative Site Support Group – Fiji
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      • Bringing the Food Economy Home
      • A World Without ‘Free’ Trade: What it would look like and how to get there
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      • Education: Promises, Myths and Realities
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